Payments fintech logged 78% YoY GTV growth in Q4 FY26 and turned EBITDA-positive in March 2026. Cross-border GTV surged 8x with net revenue up 10x, as Cashfree targets a 25% cross-border revenue share and plans a fresh funding round to scale internationally.

YourStory · 5/26/2026, 6:48:32 AM

PYMNTS Intelligence finds 50%+ of US consumers lean on AI when buying and 44% trust it to pick gifts, yet 95% flag concerns and 1 in 5 have been scammed. Google, Visa, Stripe, Mastercard and Amex are racing to wire fraud safeguards into agentic commerce protocols before trust breaks.

PYMNTS Retail · 5/15/2026, 2:19:29 AM

PayPal debuts PayPal Ads ID, an advertising identifier leveraging verified commerce relationships across 430 million PayPal and Venmo accounts. Positioned as a deterministic alternative to cookies and device IDs, it lets merchants target customers using real transaction history rather than probabilistic signals.

PYMNTS Commerce · 5/15/2026, 2:18:15 AM